I happen to think video game fanboys are the most analistic, unreasonable, immature type of fanboy known to mankind... surpassing religious fanboys 2 fold. As the xbox gains popularity among the children of the world ... video game freaks, we see people ask the question: Whats wrong with microsoft? Why do so many people hate them?
This is the kind of thread i got myself into. I explained all the crap microsoft has done, the OEM exclusives, the bundling of apps ... only to get told i was an anti-ms fanboy. I gave them link after link of usefull information which was TOTALLY overlooked.
Then i was told that microsoft has just as many holes in it as linux, that linux has all sorts of terrible problems because someone saw a mail list of errors. While i told them that those are errors with programs, not just the linux kernel, i was again told that i was an idiot to think linux didn't have as many as windows.
Next i got to hear 20 fannyboys tell me that im just jealous of microsoft, and thats why i hate them so much. Of course i gave them all the reasons (once again, they didn't pay attention the first time).
Then i was told that i did have a choice with the software or internet explorers i want on my system .. that i could download them free or go buy them in the store. I asked them why i should pay for the other if i dont want it, and to that i was told that it was free, that microsoft bundled it in as a loving, wonderful company.
They asked what i thought they should do with windows to make it fair, and i explained that i thought making a stripped down version would be fine .. and they could keep the full version right along side it for those that dont care to install it all themselves. I was told that microsoft needs to bundle apps so that their os is more attractive.. and while i told them that their os was attractive NOT for the apps it bundled, but because there is no real viable choice. Most apps and software projects are developed to run on windows.
After arguing for close to 2 hours, i gave up. The funny thing is, if this debate would have happened 6 months ago, i dont think anyone would care to join in. Microsoft was smart to grab this young audience... churning fanboys out NOT only for their system, but for their garbage os, and all their other 'wonderful' products. I didn't think i would EVER hear someone protect their wonderful and favorite company like they did. I fought off nausea and anger trembles.
Get ready, the new wave of MS support is about to grow, and we can thank that big piece of fucking shit with a huge X on it.
